camera sensor
Smartphones will overtake DSLRs within 3-5 years says Qualcomm VP
Sep 28, 2022
John Aldred
Echoing the words of Sony president and CEO, Terushi Shimizu, Qualcomm’s vice president of product management and cameras, Judd Heape, believes that AI-powered smartphones are…
These guys tested every video stabilizer so you don’t have to (but you probably still should)
Aug 4, 2022
John Aldred
If you shoot video, you know that you’re going to need some kind of stabilisation at some point in the process. Whether it’s a tripod,…
This is the first sample photo from the Moto Edge 30 Ultra 200-megapixel smartphone camera
Jul 14, 2022
John Aldred
There’s been a lot of hype about Samsung’s ridiculously high-resolution ISOCELL sensors, particularly their most recent 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP1 and ISOCELL HP3 sensors. While there…
Samsung’s new ISOCELL HP3 200MP camera sensor boasts the “industry’s smallest ever pixels”
Jun 24, 2022
John Aldred
Samsung has announced their new ISOCELL HP3 200-megapixel CMOS smartphone camera sensor. This isn’t the first 200-megapixel sensor Samsung has produced, having announced the ISOCELL…
How to clear sensor dust in Lightroom in multiple photos at once
Jun 22, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Even if you rarely change your lenses, you’ll end up with some dust on your sensor. Naturally, it will be visible in your photos, and…
Watch: The best and worst ways to clean your camera sensor
May 2, 2022
John Aldred
When I first started shooting DSLRs back in 2002 there were really only two options for cleaning my sensor. Either I had to box everything…
Russia bans Facebook and Instagram after Meta allows violent posts against Russians
Mar 14, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Earlier this month, Russia decided to ban Facebook citing “discrimination against Russian media.” But as of today, Instagram is banned in this country, too. One…
Sigma’s 60-megapixel full-frame Foveon sensor camera might never appear
Feb 22, 2022
John Aldred
Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki has posted an update on the progress of their long-awaited full-frame Foveon camera, first announced during the initial L mount alliance…
How to make Foveon sensor-like images with a traditional Bayer sensor array camera
Feb 21, 2022
Florian Cramer
You can achieve Foveon-like images with deep colors and crisp individual pixels with your conventional (Bayer) camera. However, this comes at the price of losing…
Canon’s new SPAD sensor shoots high quality colour images using 1/10th the light required by a CMOS sensor
Dec 10, 2021
John Aldred
Canon has been going a bit mad on the Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensor development, it seems. Having just announced their groundbreaking 1-megapixel SPAD sensor…